THE GOOD BUCK

Tag: Employment

  • Change is the only constant (have you always thought that?)

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    Interesting times in the world of the Buckster. The long standing rumour about us being chucked out of our department and agency drones taking our jobs appears to be about to bear fruit. We worked one of our rest days from mid November to early January, which, with the way our shift pattern is, meant…

  • Carry on regardless

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    Hi there, I’ve had an interesting few days. At work everyone on my shift in my department was off on Tuesday and Wednesday, except yours truly. This meant I was left, de facto, in charge, and given a couple of work-shy muppets to try and get the job done. For one thing, I’m not a…

  • General ramblings

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    Hi, today has been a taxing one. I crashed a pallet truck last week (they don’t have a brake, just a forward or reverse. If you want to brake you switch to reverse. I shot on to a wet trailer, put it into reverse, no grip so no brake, meaning the truck crashed to a…

  • The road to hell

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    Can you believe it? After last week’s debacle (when the shunters at work said they would give me some help with my reversing, then didn’t, then had the audacity to ask me where I’d gone, after they had said goodbye to me at the clock machine) I really thought the shunters would be too embarrassed…

  • Worried, me

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    Hi all, I’ve had a turn around and again with my driving. I was inconsolably gutted after the fail and the realisation that the money was running out. Then I went in to work and a couple of the shunters at work were saying they would try and sort me out with some driving and…